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I don’t want to do what is wrong, but I do it anyway.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/romans/7.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/romans/7.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />For I do not do the good I want to do. Instead, I keep on doing the evil I do not want to do.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/romans/7.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />For <i>the</i> good that I desire, I do not do; but <i>the</i> evil that I do not want, this I practice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/romans/7.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/romans/7.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For the good that I will <i>to do,</i> I do not do; but the evil I will not <i>to do,</i> that I practice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/romans/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/romans/7.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />For the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/romans/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />For the good that I wish, I do not do; but I practice the very evil that I do not wish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/romans/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/romans/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />For the good that I want to do, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/romans/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For I do not do the good that I want to do, but I practice the evil that I do not want to do.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/romans/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For I do not do the good that I want to do, but I practice the evil that I do not want to do.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/romans/7.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For the good which I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I practise.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/romans/7.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Instead of doing what I know is right, I do wrong. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/romans/7.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For the good which I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I practise.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/romans/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I don't do the good I want to do. Instead, I do the evil that I don't want to do.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/romans/7.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I don't do the good I want to do; instead, I do the evil that I do not want to do. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/romans/7.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />For I don't do the good I want to do, but instead do the evil that I don't want to do. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/romans/7.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />For I do not do the good I want, but I do the very evil I do not want!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/romans/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For the good which I desire, I do not do; but the evil which I do not desire, that I practice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/romans/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For the good that I would, I do not; but the evil which I would not, that I do.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/romans/7.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />For what I do is not the good thing that I desire to do; but the evil thing that I desire not to do, is what I constantly do.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/romans/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />For I do not do the good I want to do. Instead, I keep on doing the evil I do not want to do.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/romans/7.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />For the good which I desire, I don’t do; but the evil which I don’t desire, that I practice. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/romans/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />for the good that I will, I do not do; but the evil that I do not will, this I practice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/romans/7.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />For <i>the</i> good that I desire, I do not do; but <i>the</i> evil that I do not want, this I practice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/romans/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> for the good that I will, I do not; but the evil that I do not will, this I practise.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/romans/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For not what good I would, do I; but the evil I would not, this I do.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/romans/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For the good which I will, I do not; but the evil which I will not, that I do. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/romans/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For I do not do the good that I want to do. But instead, I do the evil that I do not want to do.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/romans/7.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />For I do not do the good I want, but I do the evil I do not want.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/romans/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I do.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/romans/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For it is not the good that I wish to do, that I do: but it is the evil that I do not wish to do, that I do.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/romans/7.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />It was not the good that I wanted that I did, but the evil that I did not want to do, that I did.<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/romans/7.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />For the good that I wish to do, I do not; but the evil that I wish not to do, this I do.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/romans/7.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />for the good which I will I do not; but the evil which I do not will, that I do.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/romans/7.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />For I do not the good which I wish: but the evil which I would not, that I do.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/romans/7.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />for the good that I purpose to do, I do not: but the evil which I resolve against, that I do.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/romans/7.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />For what I do is not the good thing that I desire to do; but the evil thing that I desire not to do, is what I constantly do.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/romans/7.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />For the good that I wish, I do not; but the evil which I wish not, this I practice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/romans/7.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />For I do not the good that I would; but the evil which I would not, this I do.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/romans/7-19.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KIZs4GUMn-g?start=1728" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/romans/7.htm">Struggling with Sin</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">18</span>I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh; for I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. <span class="reftext">19</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/1063.htm" title="1063: gar (Conj) -- For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.">For</a> <a href="/greek/3756.htm" title="3756: ou (Adv) -- No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not."></a> <a href="/greek/4160.htm" title="4160: poiō (V-PIA-1S) -- (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.">I do not do</a> <a href="/greek/18.htm" title="18: agathon (Adj-ANS) -- A primary word; good.">the good</a> <a href="/greek/3739.htm" title="3739: ho (RelPro-ANS) -- Who, which, what, that. "></a> <a href="/greek/2309.htm" title="2309: thelō (V-PIA-1S) -- To will, wish, desire, be willing, intend, design. ">I want to do.</a> <a href="/greek/235.htm" title="235: alla (Conj) -- But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise.">Instead,</a> <a href="/greek/3778.htm" title="3778: touto (DPro-ANS) -- This; he, she, it. "></a> <a href="/greek/4238.htm" title="4238: prassō (V-PIA-1S) -- To do, perform, accomplish; be in any condition, i.e. I fare; I exact, require. ">I keep on doing</a> <a href="/greek/2556.htm" title="2556: kakon (Adj-ANS) -- Bad, evil, in the widest sense. Apparently a primary word; worthless, i.e. depraved, or injurious.">the evil</a> <a href="/greek/3739.htm" title="3739: ho (RelPro-ANS) -- Who, which, what, that. "></a> <a href="/greek/3756.htm" title="3756: ou (Adv) -- No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not."></a> <a href="/greek/2309.htm" title="2309: thelō (V-PIA-1S) -- To will, wish, desire, be willing, intend, design. ">I do not want to do.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">20</span>And if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/5-17.htm">Galatians 5:17</a></span><br />For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/4-17.htm">James 4:17</a></span><br />Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/26-41.htm">Matthew 26:41</a></span><br />“Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/2-13.htm">Philippians 2:13</a></span><br />For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/3-4.htm">1 John 3:4-6</a></span><br />Everyone who practices sin practices lawlessness as well. Indeed, sin is lawlessness. / But you know that Christ appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin. / No one who remains in Him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has seen Him or known Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/13-23.htm">Jeremiah 13:23</a></span><br />Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good—you who are accustomed to doing evil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/64-6.htm">Isaiah 64:6</a></span><br />Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/51-5.htm">Psalm 51:5</a></span><br />Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/6-5.htm">Genesis 6:5</a></span><br />Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/14-38.htm">Mark 14:38</a></span><br />Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/12-9.htm">2 Corinthians 12:9-10</a></span><br />But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me. / That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/2-3.htm">Ephesians 2:3</a></span><br />All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/2-11.htm">1 Peter 2:11</a></span><br />Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/20-9.htm">Proverbs 20:9</a></span><br />Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure; I am cleansed from my sin”?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-20.htm">Ecclesiastes 7:20</a></span><br />Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/romans/1-9.htm">Constantly</a> <a href="/romans/7-18.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/romans/7-5.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/romans/7-18.htm">Good</a> <a href="/romans/7-18.htm">Mind</a> <a href="/romans/7-15.htm">Practice</a> <a href="/romans/7-16.htm">Practise</a> <a href="/romans/7-16.htm">Want</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_corinthians/4-11.htm">Constantly</a> <a href="/romans/7-20.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/romans/7-21.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/romans/7-21.htm">Good</a> <a href="/romans/7-20.htm">Mind</a> <a href="/romans/12-13.htm">Practice</a> <a href="/romans/7-20.htm">Practise</a> <a href="/romans/7-20.htm">Want</a><div class="vheading2">Romans 7</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/romans/7-1.htm">No law has power over a man longer than he lives.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/romans/7-4.htm">But we are dead to the law.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/romans/7-7.htm">Yet is not the law sin;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/romans/7-12.htm">but holy, just and good;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/romans/7-16.htm">as I acknowledge, who am grieved because I cannot keep it.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/romans/7.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/romans/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/romans/7.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>For I do not do the good I want to do.</b><br>This phrase reflects the internal struggle between the desire to follow God's law and the reality of human weakness. Paul, the author of Romans, is expressing a universal human experience of moral conflict. This struggle is rooted in the fallen nature of humanity, as described in <a href="/genesis/3.htm">Genesis 3</a>, where sin entered the world through Adam and Eve's disobedience. The "good" Paul refers to aligns with the moral and ethical standards set by God's commandments, which are summarized in the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20) and further expounded upon by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7). This internal conflict is not unique to Paul but is a common theme throughout Scripture, as seen in the Psalms where David often laments his own failures and desires to follow God's ways (Psalm 51).<p><b>Instead, I keep on doing the evil I do not want to do.</b><br>Here, Paul acknowledges the persistence of sin in his life, despite his desire to do good. This reflects the doctrine of original sin, which suggests that all humans are born with a sinful nature due to the fall of Adam. The "evil" Paul mentions is not just personal failings but represents the broader concept of sin that separates humanity from God. This struggle is echoed in <a href="/galatians/5-17.htm">Galatians 5:17</a>, where Paul describes the conflict between the flesh and the Spirit. The continuous nature of this struggle highlights the need for divine intervention, which is fulfilled in the person and work of Jesus Christ. Through His death and resurrection, believers are offered redemption and the power to overcome sin, as emphasized in <a href="/romans/8.htm">Romans 8:1-2</a>, which follows this passage and provides hope for victory over sin through the Holy Spirit.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/paul_the_apostle.htm">Paul the Apostle</a></b><br>The author of the Book of Romans, Paul is addressing the struggle between the sinful nature and the desire to do good, a struggle he personally experiences.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_roman_church.htm">The Roman Church</a></b><br>The recipients of the letter, consisting of both Jewish and Gentile Christians, who are being taught about the law, sin, and grace.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/s/sin.htm">Sin</a></b><br>A central theme in this passage, representing the inherent human tendency to act against God's will.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_law.htm">The Law</a></b><br>Refers to the Mosaic Law, which Paul discusses extensively in Romans as both holy and revealing of sin.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_inner_conflict.htm">The Inner Conflict</a></b><br>The event or experience Paul describes, where the desire to do good is at war with the sinful nature.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_inner_conflict.htm">The Reality of Inner Conflict</a></b><br>Every believer experiences the tension between the desire to do good and the pull of sin. Recognizing this struggle is the first step toward spiritual growth.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_the_law.htm">The Role of the Law</a></b><br>The Law reveals sin but cannot save us from it. It serves to show our need for a Savior and the grace found in Jesus Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/dependence_on_the_holy_spirit.htm">Dependence on the Holy Spirit</a></b><br>Victory over sin is not achieved through human effort but through reliance on the Holy Spirit, who empowers us to live according to God's will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_grace.htm">The Importance of Grace</a></b><br>Understanding that we are saved by grace, not by our ability to do good, helps us to rely on God's mercy and forgiveness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_persevere.htm">The Call to Persevere</a></b><br>Despite the struggle, believers are called to persevere in their faith, trusting that God is at work within them to bring about His purposes.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_romans_7.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Romans 7</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_aren't_christians_more_moral.htm">Why do many Christians fail to live morally better lives than non-Christians?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_christians_struggle_with_sin.htm">Why does God allow Christians to struggle with sin?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_christians_commit_sins.htm">Do Christians commit sins?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_law_of_sin_and_death.htm">What is the Law of Sin and Death?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/romans/7-19.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">For</span><br /><span class="grk">γὰρ</span> <span class="translit">(gar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1063.htm">Strong's 1063: </a> </span><span class="str2">For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I do not do</span><br /><span class="grk">ποιῶ</span> <span class="translit">(poiō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4160.htm">Strong's 4160: </a> </span><span class="str2">(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[the] good</span><br /><span class="grk">ἀγαθόν</span> <span class="translit">(agathon)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_18.htm">Strong's 18: </a> </span><span class="str2">A primary word; 'good'.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I want [to do].</span><br /><span class="grk">θέλω</span> <span class="translit">(thelō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2309.htm">Strong's 2309: </a> </span><span class="str2">To will, wish, desire, be willing, intend, design. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">Instead,</span><br /><span class="grk">ἀλλὰ</span> <span class="translit">(alla)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_235.htm">Strong's 235: </a> </span><span class="str2">But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I keep on doing</span><br /><span class="grk">πράσσω</span> <span class="translit">(prassō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4238.htm">Strong's 4238: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, perform, accomplish; be in any condition, i.e. I fare; I exact, require. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">[the] evil</span><br /><span class="grk">κακὸν</span> <span class="translit">(kakon)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2556.htm">Strong's 2556: </a> </span><span class="str2">Bad, evil, in the widest sense. Apparently a primary word; worthless, i.e. depraved, or injurious.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I do not want [to do].</span><br /><span class="grk">θέλω</span> <span class="translit">(thelō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2309.htm">Strong's 2309: </a> </span><span class="str2">To will, wish, desire, be willing, intend, design. </span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/romans/7-19.htm">Romans 7:19 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/romans/7-19.htm">Romans 7:19 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/romans/7-19.htm">Romans 7:19 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/romans/7-19.htm">Romans 7:19 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/romans/7-19.htm">Romans 7:19 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/romans/7-19.htm">Romans 7:19 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/romans/7-19.htm">Romans 7:19 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/romans/7-19.htm">Romans 7:19 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/romans/7-19.htm">Romans 7:19 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/romans/7-19.htm">Romans 7:19 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/romans/7-19.htm">NT Letters: Romans 7:19 For the good which I desire (Rom. 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